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|]0)Julll5 cauilirans. Natural Order: Sa//cacctr — IVUhnv Family. 



TILITY and agreeableness are combined in tliis handsome tree, 

 it is often used, interspersed with others, to break the 

 lotonv in tbliage groups, and yield a grateful shade, for 

 it is well adapted. The height averages from Ibrty to 

 fty feet, the thickness being in good proportion, with an 

 '^t^ ample crown of dark green leaves. The buds are resinous, 

 and possess strong tonic and other medicinal properties, whence they 

 are fiequently used as a domestic medicine. Popitliis Imlsamifera is a 

 similai variety, found wild in swamps and other moist places, and is 

 called Tacamahac or Balsam Poplar, as it yields a resinous gum from 

 the buds m the same manner as the Balm of Gilead. 



N' 



fO radiant pearl which crosted t'ortune wears, 



No gem that twinkling hangs from beauty's ears. 

 Not the bright stars which night's blue arch adorn, 

 Nor rising sun that gilds the vernal morn, 

 Shines with such luster as the tear that flows 

 Down virtue's inanly cheek for others' woes. 



—Dr. E. Dar-.vin. 



A ND w'aen he read, the\- forward lean'd, 

 ■' *■ Drinking with thirsty hearts and ears 

 His brook-like songs, whose glory never wean'd 



From humble smiles and tears. 

 .Slowly there grew a tenderer awe. 



Sun-like, o'er faces brown and hard. 

 As if in him who read they felt and saw 



Some presence of the bard. —rf„m,-i R. Ln:«ell. 



ATET a single cup of water. 



Or a crust to feed the starving", 

 E'en one word in kindness spoken, 

 Or a hand stretched to the falling 

 Shall receive as great reward as 

 Ever hero gained in battle. 

 Saint or martyr at the scaffold. 



-Lena I. Gifford. 



the secret 



ipathy, 



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Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, 

 In body and in soul can bind. —Scott. 



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